Adjustable sling for handle grips



May 5, 1925.

O. GREGORY" ADJUSTABLE SUING FORHANDLE GRIPS Filed 'Jan. 25. 1923 Patented May 5, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR T. GREGORY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO ALBERT- PETTIT, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

ADJUSTABLE SLING FOR HANDLE GRIPS.

Application filed January 25, 1923. Serial No. 614,764.

To all whom z't may] concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR T. GnEcoRY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Slings for Handle Grips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to handle grips for clubs and in its principal embodiment is applied to game devices such as golf clubs and the like.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form of attachment for the handle grip of a golf club which will enable the player to at alltimes take hold of the grip in the same positlon, thereby insuring a uniform stroke of the club, in so far as the same is afiected by the position of the hands on the grip; to provide an improved construction and arrangement of fastening means whereby the attachment may be readily secured to the handle grip without the use of screws or other simil r fastening means; and to provide a h anille grip attachment of this kind \YlIlCh l S adjustable to conform to the needs of any individual player.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view in elevation of a handle grip showing an attachment embodying this invention.

. Figure 2 is a plan of the metal band which forms the clamp for securing the sling to" the handle. the lacing of the sling through the clamp being shown in dotted outline.

Figure 3 is a transverse section of the handle, showing the attachment in elevation and part of the sling being broken away.

In the game of golf, in order to obtain the desirable uniform stroke with any particular club, it is necessary that the staff always be held in the same position in the hands of the player. To determine the correct position of the handle grip in the hands of the player generally requires considerable practice, and when the preferred position is once determined, the player endeavors to always grip the staff in the same way.

The present invention involves the use .of a sling attachment which is adjustably secured to the handle grip of the stafi to receive certain of the players fingers, so that after the sling has once been properly adjusted on the, handle, the club may always be gripped in the same way without much attention on the part of the player.

Referring to the drawings, the device comprises a sling 1 and an improved form of clamp 2. As illustrated, the device is attached to the handle grip 3 of a golf club staff 4.

The sling 1 comprises a narrow strap of fabric, leather or other suitable flexible material and has a buckle 5 to provide for adjustment so that the size of the loop at the end of the sling may be varied.

The clamp 2 preferably consists of a flexible metal band of suflicient size to permit it to embrace the handle grip of the club. Formed in the clamp 2 is a' series of transversely disposed slots 6 and another series of angularly arranged slots 7 through which a part of the sling 1 is laced for retaining the clamp in fixed position on the handle. If desired, the clamp may be provided with spurs 8 bent into position to slightly bite into the leather handle grip 3 when the lacing is drawn tightly. Formed in the clamp 2 and projecting into one of the angularly arranged slots 11, is a pair of shoulders 9 for engagement with one side of the sling 1 at the point where itextends out from the clamp so as to insure the lacing against any possible slippage.

The lacing of the sling 1 through the slots 6 and 7 secures the clamp 2 in fixed position on the handle grip without the use of screws or other similar fastening means which might injure the staff. The arrangement of the angularly disposed slots 7 permits the loop of the sling 1 to lie along the handle grip in position to receive three fingers of the players lead hand, i. e., the left hand of a right handed player.

In use, the clamp 2 is slipped over the upper end of the staff and is secured to the handle grip by tightening the lacing. The attachment is arranged in position to per mit the players guide-hand, i. e., the right hand of a right-handed player, to take hold of the handle grip below the clamp 2, whilethe players lead hand grips the handle above the clamp. After the player has secured the clamp 2 in proper position on the handle grip, the loop of the sling 1 is adjusted so as to fit around the first three fingers of the lead hand. To adjust the sling either angularly or axially of the shaft for varying the position of the grip in the hands of the player, the lacing is loosened so as to permit the clamp to be shifted to the desired position. By a little experimentingthe player can quickly determine the best position for his oWn case.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been herein shown and described, itwill be understood that certain details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as defined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. An attachment for handle grips comprising a sling, in combination with a clamp having a plurality of transversely disposed slots formed therein and having another slot inclined with respect to said transverse slots, said sling having a part laced through said transverse slots for retaining said clamp in fixed position on the handle and extending out through said inclined slot to eeann form a loop adapted to be disposed longitudinally of the handle, and a prong on said clamp projecting into said inclined slot for engagement with said sling.

2. An attachment for handle grips comprising a sling, in combination with a clamp having a series of transversely disposed slots formed therein and having another series of slots disposed in substantially parallel relation to each other and inclined with respect to said transverse slots, said sling having a part laced through said slots and extending out through one of said inclined slots to form a loop, and a pair of prongs on said clamp and projecting into said one inclined slot for engagement wit-h said sling.

3. An attachment for handle grips comprising a sling, a metal band cooperating with said sling and adapted to embrace the handle for securing said sling in fixed position on the handle, and spurs formed on the ends of said band and arranged so as to bite into the material of the handle.

Signed at Chicago this 22 day of Jan, 1923.

OSCAR T. GREGORY. 

